PHILIPPINE FOLK DANCE

What Folk dance category shows imaginary combat or duel with the use of fighting equipment like the bolo and spear? ex: sagayan

• Comic Dance

• Mimetic Dance

• War dance

What dance category expresses feud and enmity wherein two male dancers engage in physical combat with Spartan-like intensity?

• Festival dance

• Mimetic dance

• War dance

What is Folk Dance?

• Dance from Surigao; an example of a mimetic dance as it imitates the movements of a duck.

• Dances that serve as ritual as one passes to a different stage in life; includes courtship, wedding and funeral dances

• Dances that exhibit the customs, ideas, beliefs, superstitions and events of daily living in certain Filipino community

• Dances that are either religious or secular and relate to the celebration of recurring events of special significance

Festival Dance

• Dance from Surigao; an example of a mimetic dance as it imitates the movements of a duck.

• Dances that serve as ritual as one passes to a different stage in life; includes courtship, wedding and funeral dances

• Dances that exhibit the customs, ideas, beliefs, superstitions and events of daily living in certain Filipino community

• Dances that are either religious or secular and relate to the celebration of recurring events of special significance

Itik-Itik Dance

• Dance from Surigao; an example of a mimetic dance as it imitates the movements of a duck.

• Dances that serve as ritual as one passes to a different stage in life; includes courtship, wedding and funeral dances

• Dances that exhibit the customs, ideas, beliefs, superstitions and events of daily living in certain Filipino community

• Dances that are either religious or secular and relate to the celebration of recurring events of special significance

Life-Cycle Dances

• Dance from Surigao; an example of a mimetic dance as it imitates the movements of a duck.

• Dances that serve as ritual as one passes to a different stage in life; includes courtship, wedding and funeral dances

• Dances that exhibit the customs, ideas, beliefs, superstitions and events of daily living in certain Filipino community

• Dances that are either religious or secular and relate to the celebration of recurring events of special significance

What category of dance depicts the means of livelihood of the Filipino people?

• Festival dance

• Mimetic dance

• Occupational dance

• Social amenities dance

Right arm is maintained above the head and left arm is placed in first position. Right foot placed in front of the left foot about one foot away from each other.

• 1st position

• 2nd position

• 3rd position

• 4th position

Both arms are raised in front of chest with rounded elbows. Heels together, 45 degrees open.

• 1st position

• 2nd position

• 3rd position

• 4th position

• 5th position

Both arms are raised above the head with rounded elbows. Right heel close to the left big toe.

• 1st position

• 2nd position

• 3rd position

• 4th position

• 5th position